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Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012

New Year's Eve Hot pot

On New Year's Eve we like to have long lasting late evening dinners which will take their time until midnight. Traditionally many families will have Fondue bourguignonne (Wikipedia: consists of a fondue pot filled with hot oil into which diners dip pieces of meat to cook them. Various sauces are provided on the side). This is a very unhealthy but delicious feast. Butchers sell the meat already prepared for fondue: mixed plates, meat cut in small pieces.
But Hotpot serves the same issue pretty perfect too without tons of fat:

The whole meal will be cooked at the dining table.

Everybody has to cook the own share.

sorry blurry but I had to be quick: Hot pot with dips

Just out of the pot: Prawn with onion dip

Hot pot is just broth with different ingredients which are going to be simmered in this broth: seafood, meat, vegetables, mushrooms, tofu. Therefor the Hot pot - a metal pot containing broth set on a burner, is placed in the center of the dining table, where the broth is kept simmering. You place all ingredients around this centerpiece and let the cooking and dining begin: let your food (meat slice, piece of vegetable) swim in the simmering broth until done and fish it out with chop sticks. Dip in sauce and eat to your hearts content.

First you need a good broth. Chicken broth without much salt is good, beef broth too. Cook the broth with some leftover vegetables as carrots, daikon, dried and soaked shiitake mushrooms, cabbage stems, a knob of ginger. This will improve the taste. Strain afterwards.You need 2 liter broth.

Kommentare:

Another very elaborate dinner!!!I wonder if your version of Fondue bourguignonne is popular in your area. I'd like to be invited to your dinner, but I certainly don't want to prepare such a dinner myself (laugh)!